ANTHROP 2AN3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ketone, Thalassemia, Intellectual Disability
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925 million people do not have enough food to eat. 98% of the worlds hungry live in developing countries: asia and the pacific region is home to over half the world\s pop. And nearly two thirds of the worlds hunger. Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause 0% of the deaths: one out of 4 children (~ 146 million) in developing countries are under weight, lack of vitamin a: kills a million infants a year. Iron deficiency is the most prevalent form of malnutrition world wide, affecting ~ 2 billion people. Malnutrition: broadly defined, any kind of poor nutrition, including tooo much food, too little food or an improper balance of nutrients, human nutrition depends on, food intake, energy expenditure, state of health. Total energy and calorie deficiency: negative energy balance, a person"s dietary energy consumption is less than his or her energy expenditure, intake < output.